In a statement, the 19-year-old said: "Defining my Virginity, defining my penetration we live in civilisation of other peoples [sic]definitions. My sexuality isn’t yours. It is mine. Understand that this is an art piece."

Another critic who attended the show wrote: "Individuals had the pleasure of moving through to a 'penetration booth', meeting Pettet himself, and being told to penetrate his mouth eight times with a banana. After they obliged, Pettet took the banana, snapped it in half, and told them to leave."